England’s veteran bowler James Anderson delivered a serious message from coach Brendon McCullum to his players ahead of the third day as England gave their all to the game. To win his second Test in Vizag, Ben Stokes-led team will need to go on a record run to win his second Test.
On the third day of India’s second Test against England, Shubman Gill’s brilliant century was the highlight of the match and gave India the lead. Despite a great early stint where Anderson took two wickets and almost had Gill in his hands, the young Indian batsman came within a hair of an LBW call and scored his second Test century in his home country. I decided.
After that day’s match, James Anderson explained on TNT Sports that he was told by Brendon McCullum last night to follow up on India’s score in the second innings, and that the visiting team He said he believed he performed well in the match. On the third day, he planned to reduce the total and praised the spinners for restricting England to a fine total.
“We are comfortable in the game. Last night we met the coach (Brendon McCullum) and he said, “If India are leading by 600 points; , we’ll try that. And that’s exactly what we’re going to do.”
“We stuck to our task really well today. They put on a partnership at one point but the way the spinners kept going, kept toiling, was brilliant. Now we’re in a great position and we’re going to give it a good crack tomorrow,” James Anderson said.
The English team returned to the match on either side of the tea break, with India battling for 28 runs for the loss of four wickets. England spinners Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed contributed significantly to the match with four and three wickets respectively.
India ultimately ended the second innings with 255 all out, giving England a record target of 399 for victory. Ben Stokes’ side finished the day with 67 wins and one loss, with Zak Crawley and Rehan Ahmed on the wicket, giving them a glimmer of hope at the end of the fourth day of play. However, they faced a difficult task as no touring team had ever won a Test match in India by scoring more than 276 runs.
